Investigating the effect of compaction states on desiccation cracking characteristics of lateritic soil subjected to drying-wetting cycles

Impacts of gravels on the moisture evaporation and desiccation cracks in soil

Under extreme arid conditions, soil loses moisture and forms cracks, which significantly affect their mechanical and hydraulic properties (e.g., shear strength, soil structure, and hydraulic behavior). Natural soils commonly contain gravels. However, research on the effects of gravels on moisture evaporation and desicc...

Closure behavior of desiccation cracks in clayey soil under wetting condition

An investigation of cement treated clay subjected to cyclic wetting and drying degradation: Influence of compaction conditions

Mechanical Behavior and Deterioration Mechanism of Sandstone Under Acidic Wetting–Drying Coupling Effects

Acidic wetting–drying cycles can progressively deteriorate sandstone used in rock engineering, but the link between macroscopic mechanical degradation and three-dimensional pore-crack evolution remains unclear. The objective of this work was to clarify the deterioration mechanism of sandstone under repeated acidic wett...

NMR-based characterization of soil-water characteristic curves considering volume change during drying-wetting cycles

Influence of Natural Wetting–Drying Cycles on the Mechanical Behaviour of Aizawl Sandstone